TRAN Committee Meeting
Notices of Meeting include information about the subject matter to be examined by the committee and date, time and place of the meeting, as well as a list of any witnesses scheduled to appear. The Evidence is the edited and revised transcript of what is said before a committee. The Minutes of Proceedings are the official record of the business conducted by the committee at a sitting.
For an advanced search, use Publication Search tool.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 22
Wednesday, April 29, 1998
The Standing Committee on Transport met at 3:34 o’clock p.m., this day, in Room 536, Wellington Building, the Vice-Chairman, Roy Cullen, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Roy Bailey, Murray Calder, Bill Casey, Roy Cullen, Bev Desjarlais, Claude Drouin, Stan Keyes and Lee Morrison.
Acting Members present: Paul Crête for Michel Guimond; Robert Nault for Ivan Grose.
In attendance: From the Research Branch of the Library of Parliament: John Christopher and Dan Shaw, Research Officers.
Witnesses: Federation of Canadian Municipalities: Bill Comaskey, Mayor of Thompson, Manitoba; Dan McGregor, Senior Policy Analyst.
In accordance with Standing Order 108(2), the Committee resumed consideration of a review of passenger rail services offered by Via Rail and the means to revitalize this important mode of transportation within the context of the fiscal and environmental concerns facing the Government (See Minutes of Proceedings dated Tuesday, February 17, 1998, Meeting No. 10).
Bill Comaskey made an opening statement and, with Dan McGregor, answered questions.
At 4:45 clock p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
JACQUES LAHAIE
Clerk of the Committee